Berlin Major Survival Guide

ESL One Berlin Major is set to kick off tomorrow, April 26th with 18 teams competing for the lion's share of the $500,000 and 2,700 DPC points. 

The Berlin Major is the second Major of the DPC 2022-23 season. Gaiman Gladiators made an unexpected, beautiful undefeated run to claim the Lima Major title in March. 

• Read Gaimin Gladiators make an undefeated upper bracket run to claim the Lima Major title

Teams that clinched a spot for the major in Berlin will not only battle for the trophy, DPC points, and the lion's share of the prize pool, but also compete on the new 7.33 patch, which dropped less than a week ago causing chaos for everyone. 

• Read The New Frontier Update and Dota 2 patch 7.33 has been released..and it's HUGE!

The Berlin Major has a total prize pool of $500,000 and 2,700 DPC points to offer —800 more points than Lima. Only the top eight teams at the end of the tournament will take home prize money and DPC points.

The action will begin tomorrow, April 26th at 12:00 CEST with the following matchups in the Group Stage:

Evil GeniusesvsGaimin Gladiators
PSG.LGDvsExecration
TSMvs9 Pandas
BetBoom TeamvsTeam Aster

ESL One Berlin Major

ESL One Berlin Major teams

• Eighteen teams
  • Four teams each from Western Europe and China
    • Gaimin Gladiators
    • Team Liquid
    • OG
    • Tundra Esports
    • Invictus Gaming
    • Xtreme Gaming
    • PSG.LGD
    • Team Aster
  • Three teams each from Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe
    • Execration
    • Talon Esports
    • Team SMG
    • Team Spirit
    • BetBoom Team
    • 9 Pandas
  • Two teams each from North America and South America
    • TSM
    • Shopify Rebellion
    • beastcoast
    • Evil Geniuses

ESL One Berlin Major Format

Group Stage

• Two groups of nine teams each
• Single round-robin
• All matches are Bo2
• Top four teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
• 5th and 6th place teams from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
• The remaining teams are eliminated

Group A

BetBoom Team
Evil Geniuses
Execration
Gaimin Gladiators
PSG.LGD
Team Aster
Team Liquid
TSM
9 Pandas

 

Group B 

beastcoast
Invictus Gaming
OG
Shopify Rebellion
Talon Esports
Team SMG
Team Spirit
Tundra Esports
Xtreme Gaming

There will be eight series per group (four at a time) played on the first four days and four series on the last day. 

• Matches for Group A begin at 12:00 CEST each day
• Matches for Group B begin at 17:15 CEST each day 

Playoffs

• Double-elimination bracket
• All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
• Grand Final is Bo5

ESL One Berlin Major Broadcasts

• Primary Stream
  • English
  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • Spanish
• Secondary Stream
  • English
• Tertiary Stream
  • English

ESL One Berlin Major Prize Pool and DPC points 

The points distribution and prize pool for ESL One Berlin Major will be split between the top eight finishers as follows:

1st place: $200,000 & 500 DPC points
2nd place: $100,000 & 450 DPC points
3rd place: $75,000 & 400 DPC points     
4th place: $50,000 & 350 DPC points  
5th/6th place: $25,000 & 300 DPC points
7th/8th place: $12,500 & 200 DPC points